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Baltimore FOP tweets draw ire

Baltimore's police commissioner and City Council president are criticizing the police union over tweets sent out by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3 a day after the acquittal of police Officer Caesar Goodson in the death of Freddie Gray. The FOP tweets drew swift and negative reaction. The tweet shows a photo of actor Leonardo DiCaprio raising a Champagne glass. Text over the photo reads, "Here's to the Baltimore 6 defense team, the FOP and Detective Taylor."

Baltimore's police commissioner and City Council president are criticizing the police union over tweets sent out by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3 a day after the acquittal of police Officer Caesar Goodson in the death of Freddie Gray.

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The tweet shows a photo of actor Leonardo DiCaprio raising a Champagne glass. Text over the photo reads, "Here's to the Baltimore 6 defense team, the FOP and Detective Taylor."

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said he reached out to Lt. Gene Ryan, the FOP president, regarding the tweets. Davis issued a statement, saying, "Inappropriate, insensitive remarks or attacks that serve to detract from our necessary relationships with our community and criminal justice partners have no place in our city."

City Council President Jack Young considers the tweet offensive and is demanding an apology from the union leadership. He released a statement that says, in part, "I condemn the highly insensitive and inflammatory tweets. In addition to making light of a tragedy that claimed the life of a young man, only serve to further exacerbate destruct between our brave men and women in uniform and the citizens they are sworn to protect and serve."

Another tweet singles out Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, referring to her as the wolf that lurks. The image was first used on the cover of a New York City police union magazine last October.

The city police union has since deleted the tweets.

WBAL-TV 11 News reached out to the FOP but has yet to receive a response.